CCSS Shift - Close Reading

Close Reading Explained

Articles/Readings-Close Readings

http://www.teachingthecore.com/non-freaked-out-common-core-close-reading/

A Primer on Close Reading http://www.aspendrl.org/portal/browse/DocumentDetail?documentId=1396&download

5 Simple Close Reading Strategies http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html

Activity #1: Primary Source and CCSS

Thinking Triangle Activity:

http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/04/connecting-common-core-primary-source-thinking-triangle-activity/
for the photo mystery: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/nclc/04500/04521v.jpg

triangle.docx

Primary Source lesson activities

http://primarysourcenexus.org/2012/03/analyzing-primary-source-images-common-core-state-standards-alignment/

QAR

http://primarysourcenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Image_Questions_Responses_Chart.pdf

Photo to analyze:

ansel adams http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a20000/3a24000/3a24500/3a24566v.jpg

grocery store http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8a13000/8a13100/8a13129v.jpg

Activity #2

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7

Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

Poem:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181826

Add Calendar photos (primary sources) to each line or each stanza

Walt Whitman's Poem

A Farm Picture

by Walt Whitman

(1819-1892)

Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn,

A sunlit pasture field with cattle and horses feeding,

And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away.

Activity #3: Model Close Reading- excerpt form The Beef Princess of Practical County

close reading and the beef princess revised jw 6-19.pptx

Close Reading Question Template

close reading template for questions.pptx

Activity #4: Compare & Contrast

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.